Cameroon is preparing to place its transport sector at the centre of a major regional business forum, following a meeting between Minister of Transport Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe and event organisers on March 17, 2026.
The minister has committed to participating in the fifth edition of Pro Meet Up, scheduled from June 1 to 5, 2026 at the Hilton Hotel in Yaoundé. The forum, themed “Central Africa in Motion: Strategies for Emergence and Acceleration of Business in the Sub-Regional Dynamic,” brings together project holders, investors and institutions from across Central Africa to accelerate high-impact economic projects and strengthen intra-regional trade.
Minister Ngalle Bibehe will speak to the theme of integrating transport corridors as strategic levers for optimising flows and developing sub-regional value chains. Pro Meet Up President Carole Mbessa Elongo said his participation would open new avenues for financing structural projects across Cameroon’s transport sub-sectors. Beyond that, she outlined Cameroon’s core ambition at this edition: to move beyond its role as a transit country and transform its corridors into value-generating routes, built around raw material processing and the development of economic zones.
The fifth edition carries broader ambitions as well. Organisers position the forum as a tool of economic diplomacy for Central Africa, with a focus on industrial value chain structuring, job creation, women’s empowerment and youth professional insertion. The timing is deliberate — several CEEAC member states, including Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon and Chad, are emerging from recent electoral cycles, creating fresh demand for capital attraction and investor engagement.
Past editions of the forum have facilitated a partnership between Sapro Group and the Port Authority of Douala, and a December 2024 convention for the implementation of weighing and toll stations on Cameroonian road routes. The fifth edition will feature plenary conferences, sectoral workshops, B2B and B2G sessions and an innovation marketplace, bringing together public institutions, financial bodies, international organisations and business leaders from across the sub-region.
Mercy Fosoh
